Hinge



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R. ROWE.

HINGE. I No. 590,860, Patented Sept. 28,1897.

UNITE ST TES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN nowE, OF DOVER, NEW JEEsEY.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION,forming'part of Letters Patent No. 590,860,datedsepternber 28,1897.

7 Application filed April 15,1897. 6321220: i el-l To all whom it mayconcern: I 7

Be it known that I, REUBEN ROWE,- of Dover, in the county of Morris andState of New Jersey, have: invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Hinges; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This inventioncontemplates certain new and useful improvements inhinges, and relates more particularly to that class employed inconnection with gates and the like.

The objectof the invention is to producea simple and inexpensive hingehaving a leaf or member adapted to clasp the vertical bars of a gate insuch manner that the same may be adjusted vertically with relation tosaid gate, whereby the latter may be changed to a higher or lower plane,as may be desired.

Incarrying out my invention Iform a leaf or member of spring metal, saidleaf or member being bent to form two parallel springarms connected by arear bowed portion adapted to receive the pintle of the other member ofthe hinge. The spring-arms are provided with'bent ends adapted toreceive one of the vertical bars of a gate or the like, a nutted rod orbolt intermediate of said bowed portion and said ends serving to bringthe latter toward each other, whereby said leaf or member is firmlysecured to the gate.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevationillustrating my improved hinge as applied to a gate. Fig. 2 is anenlarged perspective view of the hinge. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalView on the line 00 m, Fig. 2. Fig. at is a view of a slightmodification.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a gate, the vertical bars a ofwhich are formed T shape in cross-section. The horizontal bars a areconnected at their ends to the tongues c of said T-bars, and brace-barsa extend diagonally across said gate from the top to the bottom thereof.

The hinge B is formed of flat spring metal, which is bent back uponitself and bowed at b to receive the pintle C. From the bowed portion 1)extendtwo parallel arms I), provided with coincident holes or openings17 said'arms being bent approximately at right angles and in oppositedirections at 13 the ends 13 thereof being bent back upon saidright-angular portions and adapted to clasp the lateral extensions ofone of the T-bars forming the gate. A rod or bolt 1), having a threadedend 19 is extended through the holes or openings b and a nut b workingthereon, serves to draw said arms toward each other, whereby said hingeis caused to securely clasp said T-bar.

In Fig. at I have shown a slight modification of my hinge, the samebeing designed more especially for use in connection with gatesemploying other than T-bars. In this form the distance between the bentends 12 and the right-angular portions 5 is made greater, as at d,whereby said arms are caused to clasp the entire bar or post d.

The advantages and operation of my improved hinge are at once apparent.It will be particularly observed that the bowed por-.

tion of the hinge, in addition to passing over the pintle of thegate-post to support the hinge, also acts as a spring which serves tomaintain the parallel arms of the clamp portion normally apart. 7 hen itis desired to raise or lower the gate or alter the vertical plane of thesame in any way-as, for instance, in the event of a deep snow or thelike-the clamp portion of the hinge is loosenedand the gate can then beadjusted to any position, after which the clamp can be made to readilyand quickly engage the gate by merely tightening the nut Z1 It will thusbe seen that I have produced a gate-hinge that is exceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction and one which can be readily applied to theforms of gates now in general use.

I claim as my invention- 1. The herein-described hinge, comprising asingle piece of spring metal bent upon itself to form a rear bowedportion and forward parallel arms, and means intermediate of said bowedportion and said arms whereby the latter are made to clasp one of thebars of a gate, as set forth.

2. The herein-described hinge, comprising a member having two parallelspring-arms having their ends bent or curved in opposite directions andadapted to clasp one of the bars of a gate, means for holding said armsnormally apart, and a nutted bolt passed through said spring-arms inrear of said curved or bent ends, substantially as set forth.

3. The herein-described hinge, comprising a member having a rear bowedportion and forward parallel arms having bent ends adapted to embrace orclasp one of the bars of a gate, and a nutted bolt passed through saidarms intermediate of said bowed portion and said ends, substantially asset forth.

4. The herein-described improved hinge, comprising a member having arear bowed portion and forward parallel arms provided with angularportions having their ends bent or curved in opposite directions andadapted to embrace or clasp one of the bars of a gate, and a nutted boltpassed through coincident holes or openings in the parallel portions ofspring-arms provided with bent ends adapted to clasp one of said T-bars,and a nutted bolt passed through said spring-arms intermediate of saidbent ends and said bowed portion and adapted to bring said endstogether, substan- 3 5 tially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

REUBEN R0 E.

\Vitnesses:

THOMAS BAKER, XV. B. GELLEN.

